Mat has been a Dba since 2007 working in the finance and ecommerce industries in South Wales, UK.

Identity Crisis

I’m sure most people have identity values lurking somewhere in their databases. In fact I would guess that most people...

2012-05-02 (first published: 2012-04-25)

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The first blog post….

Daunting! By way of introduction, I’m Mat This blog is mostly for myself, to document what I know and maybe...

2012-04-03

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I spend my days working on and managing SQL Server instances—working days at least,...

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How many reindeer does Santa have pulling his sleigh? (according to the famous song) Hint, the answers are not base 10.